A doodle reveals da Vinci’s early deconstruction of gravity
When Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t painting a masterpiece or dreaming up flying machines, he was pondering the mysteries of gravity.
Bird brained: Cockatoos know how to pick the right tools for the job
Dr. Auersperg and other researchers showed the innateness of this curiosity in 2021, when they reported that wild Goffin’s cockatoos use tools.
Turkey’s tragedy: Of souls trapped under fallen concrete
With roads closed and mobile phones not working properly because of power cuts and congested networks, there is little information at all on what is...
Radical notions: Euthanasia versus population control
Last year, when asked by a school-age boy to elaborate on his mass seppuku theories, Dr. Narita graphically described to a group of assembled students...
Intimidation tactics: Chinese spy balloons are a sign of weakness
It’s not even clear that a spy balloon is more cost-effective than a cluster of small satellites.
Course Correction: Why Adani’s $100 bn loss didn’t rattle markets?
The steadfastness of India’s economy attests to the size and seeming strength of the country’s broader business landscape
The shift: Bing just made internet searches interesting again
Microsoft released the new Bing, which is powered by artificial intelligence software from OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT, with...
Food fantastic: Mushrooms aren’t here to destroy us — or to save us
In nature, mushrooms happily appear under the grossest and most fractious circumstances, when little else will.
